Netmiko 4.5.0 Release

New Drivers

• Vertiv MPH PDUs Driver (#3460)
• Garderos GRS Driver (#3429)
• Cisco APIC Driver (Linux) (#3461)
• Alaxala AX2600s and AX3600s Driver (#3462)

Other Major Changes

• Fixes to support PY3.13
• Retire PY3.8 Support
• Add raise_parsing_error parameter to send_command and send_command_timing
• Improve Netmiko cli-tools output formatting behavior
• Adding encryption support to Netmiko cli-tools (#3505)
• Update Netmiko cli_tools to make them more modular and use concurrent features

Other Improvements and bug fixes

• Nokia SRL prompt stripping (#3531)
• Lower Cisco ios priority to eliminate conflicts with ios-xe (#3538)
• Handle MikroTik press enter to continue issue (#3458)
• Add Query Device to ANSI Escape Codes for MikroTik (#3457)
• Fix Mikrotik graceful exit command (#3468)
• Adding support for pysnmp version6 (#3473)
• Linux SSH fix for 'Invalid output from MD5 command' (#3486)
• Add support for md-cli only mode in nokia_sros (#3496)
• Do not explicitly require secondary dependencies (#3515)
• Zyxel fix for next line character in output (#3524)
• Fortinet _preferred_kex settings fix (#3530)
• Sophos fix to allow to allow user to better navigate the interactive menu prompt
• Add bracketed paste mode to ANSI escape codes
• Add 'split-task' to possible vdom configs for Fortinet (#3464)
• Add Bulk encryption utility for .netmiko.yml file
• Documentation and test improvements

Netmiko 4.4.0 Release

New Drivers

• Aruba AOS-CX

Other Major Changes

• Add Python 3.13 support
• Vendor telnetlib internally to Netmiko (PY3.13 dropped inclusion of telnetlib)

Other Improvements

• Add save_config for Huawei VRPv8
• Expand SSH autodetect support
• Improvements for Sophos driver
• Clean up log filter after disconnect
• Improve IOS-XR exit_config_mode() behavior

Netmiko 4.3.0 Release

Security

• Netmiko's session_log has certain scenarios where it was failing to hide the default no_log items ("secret" and "password"). This bug has generally been fixed though there are likely edge scenarios where this could still happen. Given the nature of the session_log it should always be viewed as a security sensitive file.

Python

• Drop PY3.7 support

Documentation

• Add CONTRIBUTING.md document

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Improve Ciena SAOS logic in set_base_prompt
• Improve Nokia SROS disable paging behavior
• Remove Arris and Casa from SSH autodetect
• Add support for Genie and Linux
• Improve TP-Link session_preparation behavior
• Improve MikoTik terminal size definition
• Improve Arista SSH autodetection
• Fix SNMP autodetection when hostname is used (instead of IPv4/IPv6 address)
• Improve SCP behavior for remote_file_size when subdirectories are used
• Implement TelnetFallback entry point
• Improve Extreme SLX-OS autodetect
• Improve Fortinet driver _get_output_mode_v6 behavior
• Improve HP comware and HP procurve behavior in session_preparation
• Add Allied Telesis in SNMP and SSH autodetect
• Update hp_comware.py handle RBM in prompt
• Update vyos_ssh.py to enter and exit config mode on save
• Handle Huawei secure configuration message
• Add support for a SessionLog object in dunder-init(). This allows a custom no_log definition.
• CI-CD fixes for various things breaking
• Improve ers driver cntl-y behavior
• Adtran driver enable global_cmd_verify by default
• Adtran driver improve enable() behavior
• Add Telnet Proxy support for SOCKS Proxy

New Drivers or Expanded Driver Support

• Add support for Fiberstore FSOS
• Add support for Maipu
• Add Digi TransPort Router Support

Contributions By

@melewitz
@mpecarina
@drousseau
@carbonarok
@kacem-expereo
@shrank
@dystland
@cla-azzarello
@msimkins
@msozer-dn
@jiujing
@az-pz
@rnuyttens
@yucai100
@alizee2020
@ovikosta
@tbotnz
@k-ribot
@dannywade
@shivaraj-arch
@Gatorjosh14
@jeffkala
@ktbyers

Netmiko 4.2.0 Release

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Expanded and improved SSH autodetect support.
• Various bug fixes
• Improve Huawei driver
• MikroTik driver improvements
• Fortinet driver improvements
• IOS-XR driver improvements
• Add simpler solution for Paramiko disabled_algorithms issue.
• Add IPv6 support for SNMP autodetect.
• Convert over to use Poetry (eliminate setup.py)
• Improve send_config_set() and read_timeout behavior
• Improve behavior of normalize_linefeeds() method. Add argument to disable this behavior.
• Add check_state argument to enable() method that allows for disabling the initial check_enable_mode() call.

New Drivers or Expanded Driver Support

• Add support for Arris CER
• Add support for Casa CMTS
• Add support for Adva AOS FSP 150 F2 and F3
• Add support for Hillstone StoneOS
• Add support for Teldata CIT
• Add support for Cisco S200
• Add support for Ericsson MINI-LINK 66XX & 63XX
• Add support for SCP on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter

Netmiko 4.1.2 Release

New Driver

• Audiocode Driver by @Gatorjosh14 in #2869

Bugs and Improvements

• Improve disconnect behavior by @ktbyers in #2846
• Improve encoding behavior by @ktbyers in #2847
• Fix textfsm dependency issue by pinning to 1.1.2 by @ktbyers in #2850
• Proposed Cisco WLC fix for session_preparation() problems by @ktbyers in #2822
• Added Versa FlexVNF platform to SSH autodetect by @dn-gh in #2851
• Nokia global_cmd_verify default fix by @laimaretto in #2856
• Fix issue with redispatch not working due to no data by @ktbyers in #2867
• Fix generator bug in send_config_set by @ktbyers in #2890
• Fix to accommodate single character prompts in set_base_prompt by @ktbyers in #2891
• Adding check that key_file exists if use_keys is True by @ktbyers in #2892
• Minor session_log test updates by @ktbyers in #2894

New Contributors

• @dn-gh made their first contribution in #2851

Netmiko 4.1.1 Release

New Drivers

• Add Nokia SRLinux Support
• Add Mikrotik File Transfer Support

Performance Improvements

• Performance Improvements for Linux Driver
• Improve Performance Graphs

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Better Error Messages for Incompatible Python Versions
• Improve Huawei Driver
• Improve Huawei VRPv8 Driver
• Improve HPE ProCurve Driver
• Improving Junos context stripping patterns
• Improve MikroTik Driver
• Fix for Extreme ERS login issues
• Minor update to threading calls in Netmiko Tools
• Increase save_config default timeout for Cisco-based platforms

Netmiko 4.1.0 Release

Performance Improvements

• Improve performance in Junos config_mode() and check_config_mode() methods.
• Improve performance on disconnect() method.
• Improve slow NX-OS disconnect()
• Improve slow Junos disconnect()

Bug Fixes and other Improvements

• Update VyOS save_config()
• Fix read_timeout being excessively long in case where check_config() fails
• Fix Huawei regular expression issue
• Fix Huawei login issue
• Improve Juniper enter_cli_mode()
• Fix issue with Nokia SROS MD-CLI having square bracket data being removed
• Fix issue with 'write memory' on ubiquity edge switches
• Fix extreme exos read-only account issue
• Add Cisco WLC _send_command_w_yes() method
• Fix Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, and IOS-XR abbreviating prompt in config mode
• Fix Aruba controller paging issue
• Fix fortigate autodetect
• Fixing HP Procurve session_preparation issue on repeated connection

Python Version Support

• Remove PY3.6 Support
• Add PY3.10 Support

Netmiko 4.0.0 Release

Backwards incompatible and other major changes

• Convert send_command to use read_timeout.
• Convert send_command_timing to use read_timeout and last_read
• Add type hints and mypy support
• Relocate exceptions module to netmiko.exceptions (was ssh_exceptions)
• Add read_timeout argument to send_config_set
• Convert netmiko-tools to be an entry point and directly a part of Netmiko library
• Creating a new internal Channel class
• Restructure read methods
• Implement NoEnable and NoConfig inheritance classes to standardize no-config and no-enable behavior

Related Articles

• Article on read_timeout behavior

Major new features

• Add send_multiline() method
• Add send_multiline_timing() method
• Create new Netmiko factory function named ConnLogOnly
• Create new Netmiko factory function named ConnUnify

Related Articles

• Article on send_multiline()
• Article on send_multiline_timing()

New Drivers

• Cisco Viptela Driver
• Dell SONiC Driver
• Cisco S300 Telnet Driver
• Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Driver
• Zyxel Driver
• Extreme Tierra OS Driver
• Extreme EXOS Secure Copy Support

Minor Enhancements

• Centralize standard no_auth code into SSHClient_noauth
• Remove vendored Textfsm library code
• Add a shim for cisco_xe to use cisco_ios in ntc-templates
• WLC add method send_command_w_yes to handle show command that still prompts for pagination
• Platforms added to SSH autodetect
• Expand ANSI escape code stripping
• Expand SNMP autodetect support

Bug Fixes

• Fix read ahead issue with read methods
• Fix ntc-templates directory structure issue
• Aruba OS fix for hostname changes
• Fix flexvnf enter cli and prompt issue
• Fix path issue for pip installed ntc-templates when using PY3.9
• Mikrotik driver improvements and fixes
• Fixing IOS-XR confirm prompting issue during commit
• Fix the pan-os acknowledgment banner
• Fix Juniper ScreenOS accept issue
• Add support for Username: for telnet login on ProCurve
• Change ArubaOS command to disable paging
• utf-8 encoding for session_log
• Add bypass_commands support to send_config_set to disable cmd_verify
• Fix disconnect() call for Dlink DS driver
• Prevent secret from being leaked to debug log
• Fix send_command() read issue where data spanned the deque
• Improve set_base_prompt behavior
• Increase the default conn_timeout to 10 seconds improve Paramiko behavior on slow connections

Performance Improvements

• Fix IOS-XR performance issues
• Implement Netmiko performance improvements for a large set of drivers (about half the drivers)
• Fixing Linux very slow disconnect issue

Netmiko 3.4.0 Release

New Features

• Add error_pattern argument to send_config_set() and send_config_from_file() to allow configuration to stop when pattern is detected.
• Add run_ttp method to support more complex TTP interactions.
• Juniper performance improvements.
• ASA performance improvements.
• Add telnet support to AdtranOS

New Drivers

• Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus
• Brocade Fabric OS
• C-DOT CROS
• Ericsson IPOS
• Supermicro SMIS

Bug fixes/improvements

• Fixing Palo Alto line repaint issue
• Fixing F5 TMSH disconnect process
• Fix IOS-XR exit_config_mode issue
• Fixing some enable method state issues
• Fixing SR-OS remote file size
• Fixing issue with remote_file_size parsing failure
• Fix ASA enable() issue in session_preparation
• Fix Yamaha enter issue on exit enable mode
• Fix Yamaha telnet enter issue
• F5 TMOS driver update
• Fix newlines on Cisco NX-OS
• Fixes an issue with ssh _autodetect_remote_version
• Fix tplink_jetstream to support cryptography 3.1+
• Allowing Dell OS10 to support hyphen or space
• Fix authentication exception handling
• Improve ssh_autodetect so most common command happens first.
• Fix dell_force10 autodetect

Netmiko 3.3.3 Release

New Drivers

• Add Ericcson IPOS Support
• Adtran Telnet Support

Performance Improvements

• Juniper Performance Improvements
• Cisco ASA Performance Improvements

Bugs and Enhancements

• Improve Authentication Exception Handling
• FIX Cryptography Lib Change Issue